Nutrition and physical activity guidance practices in general practice: A critical review

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-169

  Van Dillen, Sonja M E ^a   Van Binsbergen, Jaap J ^b   Koelen, Maria A ^a   Hiddink, Gerrit J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet; Exercise; General practice; Health education; Obesity; Prevention and control; Review

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COMMUNICATION; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84872373743     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.10.022     Document Type: Short Survey

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